I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise in May 2018
Interview
I had applied via LinkedIn. The first round was with tech recruiter and he asked me about my previous job details in depth and then sent me hackerrank test next day. The hackerrank consisted of 3 questions, all of them interesting with 1 a little difficult than rest of them. The next round was phone interview with architect and he gave one question to solve and asked some questions related to the code. Almost 4-5 days later I was again contacted by the tech recruiter and he told me although I was good enough, they don't think I am best fit. When I asked for feedback, he just repeated that you were really good we just need someone senior. I was quite surprised given the fact I was able to solve all the problems they gave me. But overall I found the interview process was good one and really liked the work they are doing.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Hackerrank : Find max difference between elements in array
The process was smooth, 6 rounds of process. Behavioral, debugging, coding, hiring manager, system design, process was fast, different teams interviewing you, difficult questions, however people were nice. 3 different offices located in sf and sunnyvale
They did a brief discussion about my experience and resume and asked a hard leetcode problem. The problem was solved almost optimally, but some issues with edge cases, however they pushed for a wierd implementation to solve it. Ended up cancelling the job posting cause someone acccepted it jsut 2 days after. Why interview then??
Applied online with my resume, heard back af ew weeks later. Then I received an invite for an initial 45-minute technical screen. A day later, I passed the interview and after that, I moved on to the final round of interviews which consisted of 45-minute technical and 45-minute behavioural.
